The NICH Team

Help us spread the word. #PlantsDoThat Inside is available at the NICH website consumerhort.org/plantsdothat.
For a printable copy of the “Where We Heal” infographic download this PDF.
For more information contact: Mary Kay Woodworth mkw@georgiauac.com.

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Washington, DC – March 14, 2018 – Want to shorten the stay in the hospital and heal faster? Research shows plants can help people do that.

According to the third of four #PlantsDoThat Inside infographics produced by the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH), plants are good for our health.
“Patients spend less time in recovery and go home faster when there are plants in the room,” says Dr. Charles Hall, Ellison Chair, Texas A&M. The infographic series was developed by NICH from a scientific literature review evidence base developed by Dr. Hall and his students.

The #PlantsDoThat Inside Where We Heal infographic shows that plants in rooms help people heal faster. That is true whether or not there are plants present in the room, viewed through the window, or on the wall in a picture. Other positive effects of plants to help us heal include:

• Reducing stress and lowering blood pressure;
• Helping new breast cancer patients better tolerate their diagnosis and treatment; and
• Reducing the number of pain relievers taken after surgery.

“For centuries we have known that Nature is a great healer. Now we have the science to back it up,” says Debbie Hamrick, NICH Economic Committee chair. “These free infographics are great tools to raise awareness of the power of plants for our health and wellness.”
Hospitals, doctors, businesses, growers, retailers, teachers, extension agents and interiorscape professionals should use the infographics as promotional and educational materials and upload them to social media.

#PlantsDoThat Inside Where We Heal is part of a series of four brightly colored infographics, designed by Jennifer Gray, AmericanHort, and Horticultural Research Institute. They are free and can be downloaded from NICH’s website consumerhort.org/plantsdothat.
The benefits of consumer horticulture are spotlighted in the first NICH infographic titled “#PlantsDoThat, Horticulture: The Art, Science, & Business of Plants.” The infographic illustrates how consumer horticulture contributes $196 billion to the U.S. economy and creates more than 2 million jobs.
NICH is a consortium of industry leaders who are promoting the benefits and value of horticulture. NICH brings together academia, government, industry, and nonprofits to cultivate the growth and development of a healthy world through landscapes, gardens, and plants – indoors and out, and to get 90 percent of U.S. households gardening by 2025.

Help us spread the word. #PlantsDoThat Inside is available at the NICH website consumerhort.org/plantsdothat.
For a printable copy of the Where We Learn infographic download this PDF
For more information contact: Mary Kay Woodworth mkw@georgiauac.com

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“When plants are around, students are just smarter and pay more attention,” says Dr. Charles Hall, Ellison Chair, Texas A&M.

This information and more is highlighted in the second of a series of four PlantsDoThat Inside infographics focusing on the multitude of ways indoor plants affect where we live, where we work, where we heal and where we learn.
And we at NICH – National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture – need your help.
Please share #PlantsDoThat Inside Where We Learn. It illustrates that classrooms with plants have many positive effects, including:

• Test scores increase by 10%
• Children are 7% healthier
• Symptoms of ADD are reduced

The series of four brightly colored infographics, designed by Jennifer Gray, AmericanHort, and Horticultural Research Institute, is free and can be downloaded from NICH’s website consumerhort.org/plantsdothat.
“We want these infographics to be used by everyone in the industry to promote the power of indoor plants,” says Debbie Hamrick, NICH Economic Committee chair. “We need everyone to work together to raise awareness of the positive benefits of plants in our everyday lives.”
Growers, retailers, teachers, extension agents and interiorscapers can use the infographics for promotional and educational materials and uploaded to social media.
The benefits of consumer horticulture were spotlighted in the first NICH infographic titled “#PlantsDoThat, Horticulture: The Art, Science, & Business of Plants.” The infographic illustrated how consumer horticulture contributes $196 billion to the U.S. economy and creates more than 2 million jobs.
The National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH) is a consortium of industry leaders who are promoting the benefits and value of horticulture. NICH brings together academia, government, industry, and nonprofits to cultivate the growth and development of a healthy world through landscapes, gardens, and plants – indoors and out, and to get 90 percent of U.S. households gardening by 2025.

Help us spread the word. #PlantsDoThat Inside is available at the NICH website consumerhort.org/plantsdothat.
For a printable copy of the “Where We Live” infographic download this PDF.
For more information contact: Mary Kay Woodworth mkw@georgiauac.com.

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Series of four illustrate the benefits of indoor plants where we live, learn, heal, and work.

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Washington, DC – February 26, 2018 – Indoor plants where we live, learn, heal and work have far-reaching positive effects on our well-being and indoor environment, according to a new report from the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH).
This new series of four #PlantsDoThat Inside infographics focuses on the multitude of ways indoor plants affect where we live, where we work, where we heal and where we learn.
“Greening the great indoors is a way to help create sustainable indoor ecology and healthy minds and bodies,” says Dr. Charles Hall, Ellison Chair, Texas A&M. The infographic series developed from a scientific, evidence-based literature review, produced by Dr. Hall and his students.
The series of four brightly colored infographics, designed by Jennifer Gray, AmericanHort, and Horticultural Research Institute, is free. One infographic a week well be released beginning today and can be downloaded from NICH’s website www.consumerhort.org.
“We envision this series of infographics as tools to promote the power of indoor plants,” says Debbie Hamrick, NICH Economic Committee chair. “We want to raise awareness of the positive benefits of plants in our everyday lives.”
Growers, retailers, teachers, extension agents, and interiorscapers can use the infographics for promotional and educational materials and uploaded to social media.
According to scientific research from NASA and others, plants clean indoor air, stabilize carbon dioxide and create comfortable ambient air humidity. Plants also boost healing, happiness, and productivity.
The #PlantsDoThat Inside infographic on Where We Live shows:

• Rooms with plants have fewer pollutants like VOCs (volatile organic compounds).
• Plants in our homes increase room humidity by 10%.
• Plants remove up to 90% of formaldehyde in a room.

“When plants are around, students are just smarter and pay more attention,” says Dr. Hall.
The benefits of consumer horticulture spotlighted in the first NICH infographic titled “#PlantsDoThat, Horticulture: The Art, Science, & Business of Plants,” illustrated how consumer horticulture contributes $196 billion to the U.S. economy and creates more than 2 million jobs.
The National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH) is a consortium of industry leaders who are promoting the benefits and value of horticulture. NICH brings together academia, government, industry, and nonprofits to cultivate the growth and development of a healthy world through landscapes, gardens, and plants – indoors and out, and to get 90 percent of U.S. households gardening by 2025.